Degree Requirements
The total program including course work, practica, comprehensive examinations, internship and dissertation amounts to approximately 96 credit hours. It is designed to be completed in five (5) years. The maximum time for completion is seven years.
The academic year consists of three fifteen week terms, going from the beginning of September through the second week of August (appropriate vacation times are built in). The psychotherapy practicum begins the first term of the second year and continues for two years (six consecutive terms). This practicum involves students with patient contact and clinical staff conferences at the Psychology Clinic of the University of Detroit Mercy, a University-supported community service training site.
The academic year consists of three fifteen week terms, going from the beginning of September through the second week of August (appropriate vacation times are built in). The psychotherapy practicum begins the first term of the second year and continues for two years (six consecutive terms). This practicum involves students with patient contact and clinical staff conferences at the Psychology Clinic of the University of Detroit Mercy, a University-supported community service training site.
The curriculum is outlined below:
FALL OF YEAR ONE
- PYC 654-Personality (3 credits)
- PYC 655-Psychoanalytic Concepts (3 credits)
- PYC 660-Statistics I (3 credits)
- PYC 670-Assessment I (3 credits)
WINTER OF YEAR ONE
- PYC 504-Basic Research Design (3 credits)
- PYC 661-Statistics II (3 credits)
- PYC 671-Assessement II (3 credits)
- PYC 685-Psychopathology I (3 credits)
- PYC 688-Priniciples of Therapy (3 credits)
SUMMER OF YEAR ONE
- PYC 523-Child Assessment (3 credits)
- PYC 650-History & Systems (3 credits)
- PYC 686-Psychopathology II (3 credits)
FALL OF YEAR TWO
- PYC 604-Learning (3 credits)
- PYC 673-Assessment III (0 credits)
- PYC 689-Theories of Therapy (3 credits)
- PYC 750-Case Conference (3 credits)
- PYC 775-Cultural Diversity (3 credits)
WINTER OF YEAR TWO
- PYC 673-Assessment III (0 credits)
- PYC 674-Developmental (3 credits)
- PYC 693-Ethics (3 credits)
- PYC 750-Case Conference (3 credits)
SUMMER OF YEAR TWO
- PYC 500-Social Psychology (3 credits)
- PYC 673-Assessment III (0 credits)
- PYC 750-Case Conference (0) credits)
FALL OF YEAR THREE
- PYC 663-Research Seminar (3 credits)
- PYC 750-Case Conference (3 credits)
- PYC 753-Test Practicum (0 credits)
WINTER OF YEAR THREE
- PYC 651-Physiological (3 credits)
- PYC 750-Case Conference (3 credits)
- PYC 753-Test Practicum (0 credits)
SUMMER OF YEAR THREE
- PYC 750-Psychotherapy Practicum (0 credits)
- PYC 753-Test Practicum (0 credits)
**In addition, students take fifteen (15) hours of elective courses and complete a 2nd year research project **
YEAR FOUR
Comprehensive exams, dissertation work (minimum of 9 credit hours), and additional therapy. Students register for dissertation hours, and additional psychotherapy hours (PYC 752) during this time frame.YEAR FIVE
Internship year – register for PYC 754 for three (3) semesters.This schedule distributes course work through three (3) years, with elective courses throughout years 2 and 3. Most course work is targeted to be taken in the first two years. Courses that aim toward dissertation and activities such as diagnostic practicum, which is off-site, are scheduled after the bulk of the course work is required, and when electives are likely to be offered in the evenings.
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